Forensic medicine has fundamentally changed in recent decades, evolving internationally from a detective with a scalpel to a multidisciplinary high-tech science. The scope of science and practice ranges from the clarification of sudden natural and violent deaths and the assessment of bodily injuries to the evaluation of medical treatment errors. The chemical-toxicological examination of alcohol, drugs, medications, and poisons, as well as the DNA analysis of biological traces, are just as significant as autopsy. The specific questions arising from civil and criminal law practice are often unfamiliar to classical medicine, chemistry, or biology, which is why they must be researched, validated, applied, and taught in forensic medicine. The content of this book provides a comprehensive overview.